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Paire de vasques en fonte aux anses en volute, XIXe siècle

Rouille et peinture ancienne se disputent la surface de ces deux vases jumeaux. Sous un col évasé à lèvre moulurée, la panse ovoïde porte d'abord un bouquet en relief, puis des godrons que coupe une frise de fleurettes ; deux anses en volute, attachées à la panse par un enroulement feuillagé, donnent au profil la ligne d'un balustre. Un reste de blanc verdâtre, piqué d'orange, adoucit le métal et fait lire chaque relief. Le pied rond, court, porte lui aussi un décor feuillagé en relief, usé.

La fiche rattache ces vasques au type Médicis, du nom d'un grand cratère de marbre antique gardé à la villa Médicis de Rome jusqu'en 1780, puis aux Offices de Florence ; leur panse ovoïde s'en éloigne pourtant. Au XIXe siècle, la fonte d'art gagne les jardins : l'Exposition de Londres, en 1851, montre des pots copiés sur des vasques anciennes de marbre, et la fonderie du Val d'Osne, en Haute-Marne, inscrit des vases de fonte de fer à son catalogue. Aucune fonderie n'est nommée pour cette paire.

Époque
XIXe siècle
Matière
Fonte
Forme
Vasque de type Médicis, vendue par paire
Dimensions
l. 67 × H. 74 cm ; pièce ou paire non précisé
État
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Rust and old paint contend for the surface of these twin vases. Beneath a flared neck with a moulded lip, the ovoid body carries first a bouquet in relief, then gadroons interrupted by a frieze of small flowers; two scrolling handles, joined to the body by a leafy curl, give the profile the line of a baluster. Remains of a greenish white, pricked with orange, soften the metal and bring out each relief. The short round foot also carries a worn leafy decoration in relief.

The listing links these urns to the Medici type, named after a great ancient marble krater kept at the Villa Medici in Rome until 1780, then at the Uffizi in Florence; their ovoid body nonetheless departs from it. In the nineteenth century, art cast iron reached the garden: the London exhibition of 1851 showed pots copied from old marble urns, and the Val d'Osne foundry, in Haute-Marne, listed cast-iron vases in its catalogue. No foundry is named for this pair.

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  • Le vase Médicis est un cratère de marbre antique, gardé à la villa Médicis à Rome jusqu'en 1780 puis conservé aux Offices à Florence. https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/medici-vase-roman-art
  • L'Exposition universelle de Londres de 1851 a montré les premiers pots en fonte d'art, souvent copiés sur des vasques anciennes de marbre ; la fonderie du Val d'Osne (Haute-Marne), créée dans les années 1830, a produit des vases en fonte de fer au catalogue. https://www.marcmaison.fr/architectural-antiques-resources/fonderie-art-val-dosne-statue-fonte-fer-sculpture
  • La fonderie du Val d'Osne est devenue la plus importante fonderie d'art française, avec le moulage au sable introduit en 1839 ; sa fondation est datée de 1835 ou 1836 selon les sources. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonderie_d'art_du_Val_d'Osne

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